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... pretty little town of Kilkeel ; and right before us , looms the Light - house , a friendly monitor and guide . On scud we over Hellyhunter's iron shoal ; past Haul- bowline Rock , on which the Light - house stands , and leave Blockhouse ...
... pretty little town of Kilkeel ; and right before us , looms the Light - house , a friendly monitor and guide . On scud we over Hellyhunter's iron shoal ; past Haul- bowline Rock , on which the Light - house stands , and leave Blockhouse ...
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... pretty manse for the preacher attached , a neat Church of mixed Saxon and Gothic architecture , and , " though last not least , " an excellent Hotel , built expressly for the accommodation of tourists , at a cost of considerably upwards ...
... pretty manse for the preacher attached , a neat Church of mixed Saxon and Gothic architecture , and , " though last not least , " an excellent Hotel , built expressly for the accommodation of tourists , at a cost of considerably upwards ...
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... pretty generally reputed to have a beneficial influence by those who ought best to understand it . And to a casual but inquisitive observer such would appear to be the case . On this part of the Kilmorey estates ( of Newry ) , although ...
... pretty generally reputed to have a beneficial influence by those who ought best to understand it . And to a casual but inquisitive observer such would appear to be the case . On this part of the Kilmorey estates ( of Newry ) , although ...
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... pretty Killowen , And hardy the fishers that call it their own ; A race that nor coward nor traitor have known , Enjoy the gay homesteads of happy Killowen ! " THE WOODHOUSE . E next come to the Woodhouse , one mile below Rosstrevor ...
... pretty Killowen , And hardy the fishers that call it their own ; A race that nor coward nor traitor have known , Enjoy the gay homesteads of happy Killowen ! " THE WOODHOUSE . E next come to the Woodhouse , one mile below Rosstrevor ...
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... pretty rustic house . Every permission to see and inspect the place is kindly accorded to tourists , by whom it is justly regarded as one of the lions of the district , and certainly the charms of an exquisitely unique situation have ...
... pretty rustic house . Every permission to see and inspect the place is kindly accorded to tourists , by whom it is justly regarded as one of the lions of the district , and certainly the charms of an exquisitely unique situation have ...
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Page 257 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
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Page 33 - In the descent southward, near the bottom, one is forced to slide down a sort of thatch, composed of furze, long grass, and juniper. St. Donard, a disciple of St. Patrick, is said to have spent the life of a hermit on this mountain, and built a cell, or oratory, on the top of it, towards the close of the fifth century.
Page 160 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 255 - ... inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice backwards. Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen? Iren. They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and receiveth the like oath that the captaine did.
Page 14 - A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done.
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